Author: Guest Contributor

Every generation has its ‘bogeyman’. You know, that spooky, creepy character that your mum warned would come for you when you were a kid if you didn’t eat your dinner, go to bed on time or was being plain cheeky. Today’s bogeyman for errant children is brought to life in the form of Mr. Gahdzooks, a mischievous figure who feeds off the naughtiness of children everywhere. Tall, dark and rather sinister looking, he hovers around corners taking note of every transgression. Forget your ‘please and thank yous’, break wind without so much as an ‘excuse me’, don’t eat all...

When Cece Solarin moves to Brighton with her husband and three children, she is unaware that she is stepping into the midst of a deadly secret within her new neighbourhood. Just three weeks before Cece’s arrival, Yvonne an apparently popular parent was brutally attacked and left for dead in the playground of the school where Cece’s children are enrolled. Despite her unease about her new surroundings, Cece is reassured by her burgeoning friendship with three other mothers, Maxie, Anaya, and Hazel whose children also attend the school. But before long Cece is unnerved by the realisation that not only...

Disclaimer: I’m not a Grime fan, I mean there’s the odd track I like, but by and large I don’t really follow the scene. That said I still I can appreciate the roots from which Grime emerged because I was and am still a Jungle and UK Garage fan. I also like cultural history, so for me, this enthusiastic, energetic, humorous, ‘fanboying’ journey through a section of UK Black music history was like a fantastic joyride with an ‘Amen Break’ enthused soundtrack playing in the background. Reading through the track list, which is best read alongside listening to YouTube or...